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THE VISITOR.
WEINSTOCK, LUBIN & CO.
SACRAMENTO, CAL.
JUNE, 1892.
"WE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR ORDERS."
MESSENGER BOYS AND GIRLS.
By W. S.
THE new store is so large and distances between
departments so great, that it is necessary in the
Mail Order branch of the business to have 'boys
and girls to act as messengers. They do not fill orders,
but are simply carriers. When the orders are received—
hundreds at a time—it is their work to deliver them to
the various departments, to be selected and shipped.
They are a cheerful, wide-awake band of little workers,
and attend to business with promptness and intelligence.
The illustration shows the messengers in " battle array,"
ready for a new batch of orders.
It is published because it may interest some of the
younger readers of The Visitor, and because the messengers themselves arc anxious to see their own pictures
distributed among the thousands of customers whom they
help to serve. Indeed, these messengers feel that they
are very important people, and that if it were not for
them the house could not possibly fill orders with the
promptness and satisfaction for which it is noted.
Since the last issue of this paper, one of the lads has
won two prizes of five dollars each, for especially distinguishing himself in his work, and there are others in the
line who, by well-directed energy and determination, are
laving the foundation for successful business careers.
In this country the possibilities are so many and so great
that boys who are wide-awake, intelligent, truthful and
honest have every chance to make names for themselves.
The messengers are but one of many groups of workers
in the Mail Order department. By division of labor and
by giving to the various groups special parts of the work
to do, the highest possible results are reached. An av
erage order passes through the hands of fifteen or twenty
persons, specially skilled in the work they have to do;
and it is needless to say that the results are infinitely
more satisfactory than as if one person tried to fill the
order completely. Weinstock, Lubin <fc Co's Mail Order
system is the result of fifteen years of study and experience. Nothing is left to chance. Mistakes, delays and
other annoyances are carefully guarded against, and
the department runs about as perfectly as a human machine can run.
Written for The Visitor.
THE BAG SALE.
When little Mrs. Palmer suggested a bag sale to swell
the fast-ebbing church funds, the others would not discuss it seriously at first; it was too trivial to be a success.
But she had confidence in her idea—something the others
lacked in their own, so many having already been tried
with but faint success.
" It would be a sensible affair," she argued ; " every
one needs bags, and no one likes to take the trouble to
make them. If you will go into it you will find that
there is a wonderful variety between a meal bag and a
sachet. We could each contribute one," she went on,
enthusiastically, as they manifested interest, " besides
those we could make from a small sum of money we have
on hand."
Her enthusiasm was infectious, and after some quick
pros and cons the bag sale was an adopted idea. Then
Mrs. Alstyne surprised them all by rising and saying
that in past entertainments so much had been paid for

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THE VISITOR.
WEINSTOCK, LUBIN & CO.
SACRAMENTO, CAL.
JUNE, 1892.
"WE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR ORDERS."
MESSENGER BOYS AND GIRLS.
By W. S.
THE new store is so large and distances between
departments so great, that it is necessary in the
Mail Order branch of the business to have 'boys
and girls to act as messengers. They do not fill orders,
but are simply carriers. When the orders are received—
hundreds at a time—it is their work to deliver them to
the various departments, to be selected and shipped.
They are a cheerful, wide-awake band of little workers,
and attend to business with promptness and intelligence.
The illustration shows the messengers in " battle array,"
ready for a new batch of orders.
It is published because it may interest some of the
younger readers of The Visitor, and because the messengers themselves arc anxious to see their own pictures
distributed among the thousands of customers whom they
help to serve. Indeed, these messengers feel that they
are very important people, and that if it were not for
them the house could not possibly fill orders with the
promptness and satisfaction for which it is noted.
Since the last issue of this paper, one of the lads has
won two prizes of five dollars each, for especially distinguishing himself in his work, and there are others in the
line who, by well-directed energy and determination, are
laving the foundation for successful business careers.
In this country the possibilities are so many and so great
that boys who are wide-awake, intelligent, truthful and
honest have every chance to make names for themselves.
The messengers are but one of many groups of workers
in the Mail Order department. By division of labor and
by giving to the various groups special parts of the work
to do, the highest possible results are reached. An av
erage order passes through the hands of fifteen or twenty
persons, specially skilled in the work they have to do;
and it is needless to say that the results are infinitely
more satisfactory than as if one person tried to fill the
order completely. Weinstock, Lubin